On-site K-3 Reading Coach: Drive Early Literacy & Growth

Crossover; Simi Valley (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Alpha reimagines the school day around faster learning and stronger mentorship, focusing on helping K‑3 students reach daily learning goals through engaging app-based activities.

The role emphasizes diagnosing and closing reading gaps with structured literacy, guiding small groups, and maintaining campus routines to support every child’s progress. This is a full-time, on-site position at an Alpha campus with relocation support.

Qualifications

• Willing to work on-site at a campus listed above, with relocation support
• At least 3 years working directly with children ages 4-9 in settings such as teaching, coaching, tutoring, camps, youth programs, or similar
• At least 2 years teaching reading in grades K-3 within the last 5 years
• Completed structured-literacy training: LETRS, IMSE, Orton-Gillingham, Wilson Reading System, Fundations, UFLI, CERI, Neuhaus, SIPPS, Really Great Reading, or similar; or a master’s in reading or literacy
• Bachelor’s degree in any subject; a teaching certificate is not required
• Comfortable spending about 90% of your day guiding students through app-based learning, 10% on reading sessions
• Willing to work with all K-3 students, not only struggling readers
• Legally authorized to work in the US without visa sponsorship

Responsibilities

• Coaching students through app-based core learning: spotting who is stuck, asking the question that unblocks them, holding the daily goal.
• Running short structured-literacy sessions with two to four students. Diagnosing a phonics or decoding gap from running records and fluency probes, teaching a sequence you designed, and checking for transfer.
• Leading morning launch, life-skills workshops, and check-chart activities that keep six-year-olds moving.
• Driving students to their weekly app goals with school currency, leaderboards, and gamification.
• Staying with your students through lunch, recess, and closing, meeting frustration and refusal with a plan for that child.

Skills

Coaching

Reading instruction

Student engagement

On-site teaching

Diagnosis through running records

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Structured-literacy training

Tools

Amira

Lexia

i-Ready

Job description

Alpha reimagines the school day around faster learning and stronger mentorship, focusing on helping K‑3 students reach daily learning goals through engaging app-based activities.

The role emphasizes diagnosing and closing reading gaps with structured literacy, guiding small groups, and maintaining campus routines to support every child’s progress. This is a full-time, on-site position at an Alpha campus with relocation support.